{"id":216,"date":"2009-11-09T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audreyy.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2010-01-20T15:07:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T23:07:51","slug":"back-in-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.audreyy.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Back in the bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soooo today starts week 3 of Back in California. :)<br \/>\nWeek 1 was a blur, but a sort of awesome blur.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dont wash hands in crab tank\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_hdVsr90J9m0\/SveufBa1o_I\/AAAAAAAAcKs\/3SnZYlfmIv4\/s128\/2009-10-19%2013.59.26.jpg\" alt=\"Dont wash hands in crab tank\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#39;t wash hands in crab tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In my first day back (a Monday) I went to my opthalmologist (uncle) and got a year&#8217;s order of contacts and an updated prescription.   Was tempted to poke the crabs at the Chinese supermarket.\u00c2\u00a0 Dumplings for dinner. :)<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"Le 5\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_hdVsr90J9m0\/SveuUNmSoFI\/AAAAAAAAcKg\/cy0RaYg51eU\/s128\/2009-10-20%2012.41.23.jpg\" alt=\"Le 5\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong> Drove from LA to SF (5 hours, no traffic), getting to work in time for an afternoon meeting.\u00c2\u00a0 Tried new Indian restaurant on Castro with friends (two old, one new).\u00c2\u00a0 Particularly nice since I&#8217;d been expecting to go it alone in SF that night.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"burrito\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_hdVsr90J9m0\/Svew2pM3ezI\/AAAAAAAAcLQ\/rSCtqzG2i9U\/s128\/2009-10-22%2012.39.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong> ate burrito + fruit salad in a one-person picnic lunch.\u00c2\u00a0 prix fixe dinner at Alexander&#8217;s Steakhouse with good friends.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"In n out\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_hdVsr90J9m0\/SverrsRC65I\/AAAAAAAAcJw\/xUpLHfp5i4g\/s128\/2009-10-22%2019.23.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In &#39;n Out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Thursday:<\/strong> In &#8216;n Out dinner w\/ another friend.\u00c2\u00a0 Picked up dude from airport &#8211; late night Chinese food w\/ another friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<\/strong> hiking in Muir Woods.  Warm redwood bark is an unsurpassably happy-inducing smell.  Crossing the Golden Gate bridge and drinking in some ocean views isn&#8217;t so bad for the happy levels either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong> checked out an apartment, Where the Wild Things Are, and a birthday party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday:<\/strong> mini-reunion with college friends (some actually not seen in 5 years), marveled at quarter-life old age, ate pizza.<\/p>\n<p>All in my first week back from Japan.  Heh.  Lotsa California-ey stuff there.  Feel like that could&#8217;ve all been spread over a whole month and I&#8217;d still feel good about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soooo today starts week 3 of Back in California. :) Week 1 was a blur, but a sort of awesome blur. In my first day back (a Monday) I went to my opthalmologist (uncle) and got a year&#8217;s order of contacts and an updated prescription. 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